COVID-19: Declare travel history or face legal action, say authorities in Kashmir
Srinagar, Mar 31 (PTI) People who entered Kashmir after March 1 have to declare their travel history within two days or face legal action, authorities said on Tuesday as they battle to check the spread of the novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir. District magistrates in Kashmir have also asked people associated with members of […]
Amid Coronavirus scare troops conduct CASO
Pulwama, Mar 31: Amid the coronavirus scare government forces launched a nocturnal cordon and search operation in Samboora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Eyewitnesses said that soldiers from 50 Rashtriya Rifles and Central Reserve Police Force personnel laid a siege around Samborra at 6 on Monday evening that culminate at 12:30 am in the […]
Day 5: Highway remains closed, likely to reopen tomorrow
Srinagar, Mar 21: Jammu-Srinagar highway on Tuesday remained closed for the fifth consecutive day due landslides and authorities say that it was unlikely that the thoroughfare would be restored for the traffic by the end of the day today. Police said that the highway, only all-weather road connectivity of the Valley with the outside world, […]
Six new cases of coronavirus detected in valley, toll reaches 55 in JK
Srinagar, Mar 31: The COVID-19 cases have soared in Jammu and Kashmir with new six cases reported from Kashmir division on Tuesday afternoon, taking the total toll to 55 positive cases in the UT. “6 new positive cases confirmed in Kashmir Division. All contacts of previous positive cases. Meanwhile, contact tracing continues in both Jammu […]
10-year-old boy among 3 more test positive, JK Covid-19 tally crosses 50-mark
Srinagar, Mar 31: The number of covid-19 patients in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday crossed 50-mark as three more persons have been confirmed to have contracted the dreaded disease, all of them from Kashmir and include a ten-year-old boy, who had hugged a man who later tested positive for coronavirus. Official sources said that the […]
78 people who had come from Leh complete quarantine period
Srinagar, Mar 31: At least 78 people who had returned from Leh and were put under quarantine were allowed to go home after completing their stay at a local hotel here. Additional Deputy Commissioner ( ADC) Srinagar Syed Haneef Balkhi , who is also quarantine in-Charge, said that 78 people who belonged to various parts […]
24 people who attended Nizamuddin West religious congregation test COVID-19 positive
New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI) Twenty-four people, who took part in a religious congregation in Nizamuddin West earlier this month, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Tuesday. Talking to reporters at his residence, he said that 1,033 people have been shifted to various places. The minister said, […]
Coronavirus: Social distancing helps save lives, says study
Washington, Mar 31 (PTI) Social distancing measures, a key aspect in the fight against the deadly coronavirus pandemic, helps save lives as it reduces fever, according to an Indian-American CEO and founder of a health tech startup that monitors temperatures of people in the US through its inter-connected digital thermometer. More than 250 million Americans […]
World Bank sees outbreak taking a big toll on Asia’s economy
Washington, Mar 31 (AP) The World Bank is estimating that the cornavirus outbreak will cause economic growth to slow significantly this year in China and other East Asian-Pacific countries, throwing millions into poverty. Under a worse-case scenario, the region could suffer its sharpest downturn since a devastating currency crisis more than two decades ago, […]
Johnson & Johnson announces Human testing for coronavirus vaccine
Washington, Mar 31 (AFP) Johnson & Johnson has said it had selected a lead candidate vaccine for the new coronavirus that would move to human trials by September and could be ready for emergency use by early next year. The pharmaceutical company has signed an agreement with the US government’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development […]